Project: Back To Black

[IanY]

Mekrel,

Did you trim those Enzotech ram sinks under your MCW60 barbs or do they sell shorter heatsinks for this purpose? Any reason why you chose shorter heatsinks on the hot ramdac chip ? I'm tired of snipping off the heatsinks so that the barbs can clear. Thanks.

[cdickinson]

Enzotech has two heatsink products for graphic cards. The standard size is a BMR-C1 and the shorter is the BCC9.

[Mekrel]

Mekrel,

Did you trim those Enzotech ram sinks under your MCW60 barbs or do they sell shorter heatsinks for this purpose? Any reason why you chose shorter heatsinks on the hot ramdac chip ? I'm tired of snipping off the heatsinks so that the barbs can clear. Thanks.

As said above, they sell two versions. I put a shorter one on the nvio because you get 8 per pack, so the taller ones went on the 4 chips each side of the core.

My D40 came today

[IanY]

I didn't know they sell a shorter version ! Thanks for alerting me. No more heatsink snipping for me!

[awhir]

As said above, they sell two versions. I put a shorter one on the nvio because you get 8 per pack, so the taller ones went on the 4 chips each side of the core.

My D40 came today

hey can you do the sunbeam rheobus mod in detail, did you do the led mod or so you can knock the fans down to 7v ?

[Mekrel]

Some quick auto focus point and snap photos from the D40, wanting to learn the manual side of photography before I do some nice shots. Dark cases are hard to photo and this isn't wiped down / dusted.

Included are the front shot with the perforated bezels, EX-33B powder coated, new brushed Alu (anodised black) ChilledPC Thermochill radiator grill, board and blocks.

Also 120.1 radiator grills on the back as fan guards.

[~aoe~]

That really does look awesome. If my paint job is half as good as that I'll be happy. I'll find out tomorrow.

The motherboard compliments the overall colour scheme nicely. That's one concern I have with my build - I've got a Gigabyte x38 motherboard (blue PCB). What tubing/dye(s) are you planning on using?

Well, I don't know about you but my target is to complete my build before 25th

[disruptfam]

looks great!

[awhir]

Class job man

[Nate P.]

Sleeving really puts it over the top. Excellent job!

[Mekrel]

That really does look awesome. If my paint job is half as good as that I'll be happy. I'll find out tomorrow.

The motherboard compliments the overall colour scheme nicely. That's one concern I have with my build - I've got a Gigabyte x38 motherboard (blue PCB). What tubing/dye(s) are you planning on using?

Well, I don't know about you but my target is to complete my build before 25th

Take some pictures of yours with the paint job, will be nice to see. One concern of mine with paint is how often you remove the top, thankfully the powder coat is super durable, it's surprised me how well it hasn't scratched with how often I've removed the top.

Completion date, I have no idea - I only need the face plate to the fan controller, new pump bracket which is done just needs to be delivered and that's it.

Coolant, I'm going to use some distilled water that ChilledPC is getting in some dye that isn't over the top and quite translucent with some aquarium anti-algae. Think I'm going for a blue, although might go green with some black primochill anti-kink coils so it matches the black of the case and the green DFI LP P35 T2R.

I bought some zip-tie holders the other day and now the fan wires are nicely tucked away on the frame.

[Xilikon]

Great build here with a lovely attention to detail. I'm trying to aim myself with the same attention as you in my own project (link to sig). I'm almost done as well, remain some little things like sleeving the fan wires (waiting for sleeving to get delivered from PPCs), receive the pump mount, side and top grills from Tom of ChilledPC (got some issues with the dimensions so we'll see during the holidays) and some finishing touch...

I agree sleeving put it in the top

[~aoe~]

Take some pictures of yours with the paint job, will be nice to see. One concern of mine with paint is how often you remove the top, thankfully the powder coat is super durable, it's surprised me how well it hasn't scratched with how often I've removed the top.

Completion date, I have no idea - I only need the face plate to the fan controller, new pump bracket which is done just needs to be delivered and that's it.

Coolant, I'm going to use some distilled water that ChilledPC is getting in some dye that isn't over the top and quite translucent with some aquarium anti-algae. Think I'm going for a blue, although might go green with some black primochill anti-kink coils so it matches the black of the case and the green DFI LP P35 T2R.

I bought some zip-tie holders the other day and now the fan wires are nicely tucked away on the frame.

I've posted some pics of the case in my thread. For some reason I forgot to take any pics before mounting everything. During assembly, I did have to remove the top several times, and so far the paint is holding up. Saying that, it certainly isn't as durable as powder coating or anodising. Something I would certainly consider for any future builds. I just didn't plan this one very well. As you probably know, this is my 1st mod and it's been a huge learning experience.

[Mekrel]

Well I decided to not be lazy and mod the Sunbeam Rheobus onto a Lian Li 5.25" drive bay bezel.

Just had to bend each side of the Sunbeam face plate until they snapped off, then took a pair of pliers to the top and bottom folds so that they face would over a Lian Li bezel.

Masking tape on bezel and then drew around the holes, drilled them and filed them to neaten up. I'll be buying some blue/white bi-polar leds later (can't get any in the UK it seems which is typical) and also some 10K Ohm resistors 1/4w to dampen them as we all know they're bright.

Outcome:

[shazza]

Mekrel - I'd love to see the detail on how you mod the Sunbeam Rheobus to make the LEDs less bright. (Put that camera to work )

[Mekrel]

Have a look here Shazza:

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1141/

[~aoe~]

You're attention to detail is astonishing. I wish I'd thought of modding the bezel... then again, I'm glad I didn't (my build would never have been completed ).

I don't' know how many fans you're intending to attach to the fan controller, but I've got 6 on 1 channel and the heatsink for that channel does get rather hot - to the point that I'm considering moving the controller to the top slot. It's currently just below my DVD drive, and I'm not sure it's a good idea to having a heater underneath

[shazza]

Have a look here Shazza:

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1141/

Thanks! Just another one of those things I didn't even know I could/should google.

[Bikerz]

That distance is about 12" or 35mm.

250mm you mean

When connecting all these fans to 1 channel, you you do yellow to yellow, red to red and black to black? im sure I was told only need to do 2, but dont know which 2?

[Jedda]

You only want one signal wire.

[Bikerz]

Cheers, you just posted how in my thread. cheers

[Mekrel]

Well today my new pump bracket came, props to Tom @ ChilledPC - it's perfect.

Pump bracket on it's own.


Back shot showing the grommets for anti vibration purposes, with M4 screws going through:


Holes at the back for air flow:


Front shot showing rubber washer for anti vibration and dome nut on the end of M4 bolt:


Print of 1:1 Autocad drawing:


Bit o' double sided sticky tape where pump holder will stand, then stuck to the black neoprene underneath:


Craft knife and scissors (for corners) later:


Tomorrow, time to plumb up

P.S Tom, I love you.

[taowulf]

Slick work man, and it must be nice to have such a good and helpful shop close to you.

[Xilikon]

Nice work on the pump mount

I cannot wait for my own mount to come here from Tom from my own design (Mekrel, you saw a sketch a while ago). They are all cut and remain to be bent before shipping to me.

[Nate P.]

Pump mount looks flawless man. Just noticed, you sleeved the pumps a lot better than I did. Care to share any sleeving tips?